Display-rack.



UNITED sTATns PATENT onirica.

EGENE CUMMINGS, OF BUTLER, IENNSYLVANIA.-

DISPLAY-RACK.

l No. 920,829.

`Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented May a, yieoe.

Application filed December 17, 1908. Seriali-No. 467,975.

f To all whom 'it may concern: v

Be it known that I EUGENE A. CUMMINGS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residingat Butler, in the county olvButler and State ofPennsylvania, have invented 'certainnew and 'useful Improvements inDisplayeRacks, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to t e accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a combined display rack and tray, forconfectionery stores,

the invention having-for its obj ect to provide ga trayfupon whichconfections'can be ad'- vantageousl displayed, and retained in bulk,where y the confections can be easily dispensed.

My display tray is particularly designed for show cases and windows andthe tray 1s constructed whereby an assortment of 'material containedwithinv the tray can. be

arranged upon the exterior thereof to indicate the contents ofthe tray,Without eX- posing the' entire contents of the tray to the 1 customer.

" invention Will be hereinafter described in?,

The detail construction entering into -my detail and then specilicallyclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevai tion of the displaytray'constructed in ac- 30.

cordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thesame, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the tray, and Fig.- 4 is a cross`sectional View of the same.

In the 'accompanying drawings, I have illustrated a rece tacle. or traycomprismg 1 a bottom 1, inclined sides 2 and inclined quantity of thematerial in aportion 0l theV ends, said 'receptacle or tray beingvrectangular in plan, with the upper edges thereof provided withinwardly projecting. flanges 4, said flanges servingl to hold areceptacle or tray, while material 4can be arranged upon the flanges atthe forward end` of the trayor receptacle.A Suitably secured to thelanges 4 is a cover 1 or housing comprising inclined side walls 5 and aninclined front wall-6, said 4side Walls lhaving their -upper edgesjoined together and extending rearwardly ,past the center ofv thereceptacle or tray, leaving a suhcient opening for the insertion of"ahandto remove material 'from 4the recetacle' or tray.

. provided .respectively vwith longitudinal and lThe exterior faces o hewalls 5 and .Gris

transverse equally ls aced ribs 7, said -lribs supporting the materialto bel displayed upon the exterior' of the receptacle or tray.

, As the receptacle or tray can be made of a larger size than necessaryto hold material in bulk, I provide the saine with a 4centrally'arranged vertical p artition 8, this partition permitting of 'materialbeingI placed in the rear end of the receptacle or tr-ay,` withoutentirely illingthe receptacle, butgiving the appearance .as though theentire receptacle, werefilled'. 'Insome instancesthough, this artitioncan be dispensed Iwith particw arly when the matter to' be displayed isin large ieces and only a small quantity could be held by therecevptacleor tray.

While inthe drawings forming part of this application, I haveillustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, I would have itunderstood that the tray can be made of' metal or any durable material,can be made of various sizes, and shapes Without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, lisz#v l. Adisplay rack for confections comprising a' tray, inwardly projectingflanges car` Vried by the up )er edges of said tra-y, a hood per' edge,ya hood secured'tosaid flange and comprising-inclined side Walls and aninclined front end wall, the rear end of said hood-being lopen, saidhoodbeing of less length than the tray, longitudinally-extending spacedribson the outer faces of' said side walls, of the hood, andtransversely-extend ing spaced ribs on the outer-faceof the. front endwall of said hood.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

- I f EUGENE A. CUMMIN GS. Witnesses: v

`MAX H. SRoLovITz,

'JL KJKELLY,

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